From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: From: William Stearns Reply-To: ford@whoopis.com Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: [uml-devel] Upcoming 64 bit uml coop Sender: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net Errors-To: user-mode-linux-devel-admin@lists.sourceforge.net List-Unsubscribe: , List-Id: The user-mode Linux development list List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 20:22:44 -0400 (EDT) To: ML-uml-devel , ML-uml-user Cc: William Stearns , Jeff Dike Good day, all, As I mentioned a month or so back, Jeff Dike has had some success with UML on the AMD64 architecture (Opteron and Athlon64). As part of shaking out the bugs on that code, we have a new UML coop going up in the near future - codenamed "Ford". Each of the participants will split the cost of the core hardware purchase. We're lucky enough to have two ISP's offering to host the box at no charge, so all we need to cover is the initial purchase and any upgrades. In exchange for that, each person gets a 64 bit virtual machine for their own use. Because this is development code, there are no promises of perfect stability, so don't expect to run your storefront on it. After some discussion on the Ford mailing list, we've come down to these specs for the new box: Processors: Opteron 240x2 OEM - $384 Memory: Gigaram DDR400x2 (2GB total) Lifetime warranty - $630 HD: Hitachi SATA 250Gbx2 - $384 Motherboard: Tyan K8S Pro - $515 2xSocket954 4xSATA with RAID 0/1/0+1 8xDIMM (max 16GB) Integrated ATI RAGE XL 8Mb Integrated SCSI Ultra320 Integrated Dual GB ethernet, plus one additional 10/100 ethernet DVD: $15 Case: Enermax 2U ICS217B EATX - $274 400W power supply 7x3.5" 1x5.25" Fans (low profile cpu, case, etc.): $100 Total: $2302 Knowing that you're helping to debug UML and advance Linux: Priceless If you have some interest in taking part, please start at http://www.stearns.org/ford/ford-project.html . Please sign up for the mailing list ( http://www.whoopis.com/mailman/listinfo/ford/ ); all discussion happens there. Send in a note saying that you're interested and what you'd be willing to commit to for the purchase. We plan to order the hardware in the next week or two, but before we can do that we need to know the final number of participants so we can get an appropriate amount of hardware. If more people come on we can get more ram, disk space, and/or CPU. Cheers, - Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Faced with the prospect of rereading this book, I would rather have my brains ripped out by a plastic fork." -- Charles Cooper, ZD net, in review of B@TSOT by Bill Gates. (Courtesy of Mads Bondo Dydensborg ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- William Stearns (wstearns@pobox.com). Mason, Buildkernel, freedups, p0f, rsync-backup, ssh-keyinstall, dns-check, more at: http://www.stearns.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Oracle 10g Get certified on the hottest thing ever to hit the market... Oracle 10g. Take an Oracle 10g class now, and we'll give you the exam FREE. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=3149&alloc_id=8166&op=click _______________________________________________ User-mode-linux-devel mailing list User-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/user-mode-linux-devel